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sang on "Look What You've Done". Helm played drums on eight tracks.
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Quill, Greg (21 July 2005). "The unsinkable Hubert Sumlin".
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Takiff, Jonathan (25 Jan 2005). "Blues Power". Features.
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chart. Sumlin supported it with a North
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